| August 20, 2003 - Idi Amin is dead |
| Dear Friends, the other day I read that Idi "Dada" Amin, one-time dictator of Uganda and mass murderer of his own people, died. One of his 30 children stated that he, the son that is, was sad and confused over his father's death. I can just imagine....being one out of 30 children would be a sad and confusing situation. I guess, however, it would fit in well with the calendar. You get to spend time with Daddy on the 20th of each month and the other days are parcelled out to your siblings. Now, here's the kicker, after having murdered between 500,000 and 800,000 Ugandans, Amin was overthrown and went to live in Saudi Arabia. Why? Because he had converted to Islam! And our dear friends over there in Saudi Arabia provided him with an opulent lifestyle of a house, cooks, drivers, etc. My, my, embracing organized religion certainly has its rewards, doesn't it? Of course, the Saudis occasionally got ticked off at him when he criticized their restrictions on his monthly gasoline ration, but, hey, what's a former despot to do when once upon a time you could have people exterminated at the snap of your fingers? Remember what I said about Saddam Hussein's daughters and how they'll be well taken care of in exile? I think Mr. Amin's lifestyle in Jeddah proves my point. Anyway, that whole deal with Dada got me thinking about a case down Souf' one time. This older woman had been accused of poisoning an elderly gentleman that she had been taking care of. Based on the autopsy, the state then decided to exhume the bodies of several other elderly men who had died while this woman was taking care of them. I think she was a housekeeper or something like that. Anyway, they exhumed the bodies and discovered that all of the men had died from the same poison as the man she was accused of murdering. Now, she ended up being convicted and placed on death row. Of course, everyone was delighted since they had been screaming for her blood ever since she went on trial. But then a miracle occurred. Sometime before her execution was to be carried out, I'm not exactly sure how far in advance, she found Jesus. Well now the hue and cry went up that she should have her sentence commuted to life instead of execution. After all, the woman had found the Lord! Petitions were signed, telephone calls were made, public prayer assemblies were conducted on her behalf. You wouldn't believe the Bible-thumping pleas made for this cold-blooded Murderess! I don't recall if there was actually any proof of her new-found Life in Christ; meaning I don't remember if she founded a literacy program for prisoners and developed stigmata, but JOHNNYLEEN finds deathbed conversions highly suspect. Now, please do not take JOHNNYLEEN's statements as being for or against the death penalty; I'm just pointing out how easy it is to make a profession of faith and suddenly have everyone on your side. Idi Amin did it and so did this heartless Murderess. And people, being gullible for the most part, just eat that kind of thing up. So one day my mother and I were talking about the Murderess, and my mother said, "If she's such a good Christian, she should be delighted with her death sentence. She'll get to meet her Maker just that much quicker." And JOHNNYLEEN agreed. So what happened? Dear Friends, the state did, indeed, execute her and elderly men everywhere gave a collective sigh of relief. However, I'm sure the poison manufacturer was greatly disturbed at losing their best customer. Next entry Previous entry Go to diary entries Go back home |